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as in belated

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delayed

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adverb

as in postponed

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delayed

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verb

past tense of delay
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delayed
Adjective
  • Scrambling to recall a few staff and issue some belated funding is just window dressing.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Please accept our belated apology.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Forecasters said Sunday that flooding could persist as torrential rains lingered over many states, including Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Still, doubts lingered—particularly over her ability to manage what is arguably one of the world's most complex bilateral relationships.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • It was originally supposed to go into effect in 2008, but has been repeatedly postponed, including during the pandemic.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The King and Queen were due to meet with Pope Francis as part of their Italian tour, however, Buckingham Palace announced on March 25 that the meeting had been postponed by mutual agreement due to the Catholic leader’s ongoing health concerns.
    Alina Trabattoni, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But the prolific writer-director’s latest provides an illustration of how the genre became somewhat fossilized via formulaic writing and overexposure even before 1950s television began churning out Western content in bulk.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Their latest project is not firing researchers or pulling funds—although there’s still plenty of that going on.
    Brian Barrett, Wired News, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Reached by phone, Cross deferred all questions to CoreCivic headquarters.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
  • But being an actor, even for just that day, scratched an itch for me of that dream deferred.
    Dave Quinn, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The clip poked fun at photos from the couple's recent cover shoot for Interview magazine.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The muzzle of a hunting rifle poked out from the back seat, and a water bottle on the front console was filled with the brown swill of chewing tobacco.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Delayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delayed. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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